Why TOK?

PART A: 

One reason that the IB requires diploma students and encourages certificate students to take a theory of knowledge course is so that we have the ability to question and see things from a whole other perspective. In general people in the world just go along in life, never questioning anything and if they do, their questions are minimal. TOK gives students a longer thought process. Like above in the cartoon, the child is questioning the lunch lady. Of course, the comic strip is made for enjoyment to readers, but on a deeper level, it is asking for people to question what they have and what others have and maybe even why theirs is different from the other persons. It also allows students to be much more open minded to the world. An IB thinker is someone who is opened minded, as stated by the IB learner profile. Even the thought of believing there is more is being open minded. Wanting to push boundaries and figure out different meanings and perspectives. 

PART B: 

After looking at the IB learner profile, I believe that students at Sturgis need to work on being balanced. Whenever I talk to someone, they are extremely overwhelmed about different things. They schedule themselves to thin. I know I personally am a kind of person who will spread themselves extremely thin and then want to explode later on due to all the stress. I feel like if Sturgis were to work on balancing out school with other out of school things, that the amount of stress would go down and people would generally be kinder and less likely to snap due to the stress.